Colloidal solution chemistry offers a unique opportunity to modulate the nanostructures of 1D and 2D materials from a bottom-up synthesis approach. One such example is the newly discovered quat-derived nanostructures (QDNs), which are synthesized through the use of titanium carbide and tetramethylammonium hydroxide. Creation of nanostructures via a method like this offer more opportunities to control the properties of the final product than etching the 2D materials from a bulk crystal or through sol-gel processing. We show that the QDNs have radically different morphologies and optoelectronic properties by simply varying the reaction temperature and reaction time. In this paper, I will illustrate the properties of QDNs through measurements with UV-Vis, photoluminescence, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to provide insight for the next researcher(s) building off this study.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Hanna, Ryan

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042822-164440
• 65941

Keyword

• Bottom-up
• optoelectronics
• Nano
• TCO
• TMAOH
• QDN

Advisor

• Grimm, Ronald
• Titova, Lyubov

Year

• 2022

Sponsor

• The Department of the Army

Date created

• 2022-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemistry

Rights statement

• In Copyright